Tag: Stroke Risk

Erythritol: Linked to Heart Attack, Stroke? Don’t Throw It Out Just Yet

The zero-calorie sweetener erythritol marked off all the boxes for the perfect sugar substitute until a recent study published in Nature Medicine claimed that the popular sweetener causes increased blood clotting and significantly elevates the risk of heart attack, stroke, and even death. Media outlets pounced on the study results, broadcasting them loudly across the internet, stating…


A Mini Stroke Is a Warning! a Stroke May Follow

A mini stroke is also called a Transient Ischaemic Attack or TIA. It is a brief episode of dysfunction in the brain. Like a stroke, TIA’s onset is sudden, over a few seconds or minutes. People having a mini stroke can experience a variety of symptoms. The most important are weakness on one side affecting…